Joshua 22:5

5 But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.

Joshua 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:5

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law
The ten commandments, and all other laws, both ceremonial and civil:

which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you;
in the name of the Lord, to keep and observe:

to love the Lord your God;
of which keeping the commands of God is an evidence, and which is the true principle and motive of hearty, sincere, and cheerful obedience to them:

and to walk in all his ways;
which he has prescribed, all his ways of worship, paths of duty, faith, truth, holiness, and righteousness:

and to keep his commandments;
whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial: whether of natural and moral obligation, or of positive institution:

and to cleave unto him;
and not depart from his ways, worship, word, and ordinances:

and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul:
in the most strict and affectionate manner. This advice Joshua thought proper to give them, and inculcate into them, now they were about to leave their brethren, and go on the other side Jordan; where they would be at a distance from the tabernacle, altar, and service of God, and might be under temptation to relinquish it, and set up another form of worship elsewhere.

Joshua 22:5 In-Context

3 Ye have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day ye have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.

4 And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.

5 But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.

6 And Joshua blessed them, and dismissed them; and they went to their homes.

7 And to half the tribe of Manasse Moses gave a portion in the land of Basan, and to half Joshua gave a portion with his brethren on the other side of Jordan westward: and when Joshua sent them away to their homes, then he blessed them.